A. El-Attar

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 880 citations indexed

About

A. El-Attar is a scholar working on Surgery, Ophthalmology and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, A. El-Attar has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 880 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Ophthalmology and 4 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in A. El-Attar's work include Facial Trauma and Fracture Management (9 papers), Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries (5 papers) and Dental Radiography and Imaging (4 papers). A. El-Attar is often cited by papers focused on Facial Trauma and Fracture Management (9 papers), Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries (5 papers) and Dental Radiography and Imaging (4 papers). A. El-Attar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. A. El-Attar's co-authors include K.F. Moos, Edward Ellis, Leo F A Stassen, D. M. Titterington, David E. Frost, Gordon N. Dutton, R.A. Ord and J. McManners and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Eye and British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

In The Last Decade

A. El-Attar

10 papers receiving 826 citations

Hit Papers

Ten years of mandibular fractures: An analysis of 2,137 c... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Ten years of mandibular fractures: An analysis of 2,137 cases
    1985 445 citations Edward Ellis, K.F. Moos et al. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. El-Attar United Kingdom 9 843 517 445 191 84 10 880
Belini Freire‐Maia Brazil 14 485 0.6× 490 0.9× 207 0.5× 65 0.3× 105 1.3× 30 717
Bart van den Bergh Netherlands 13 538 0.6× 347 0.7× 247 0.6× 122 0.6× 41 0.5× 18 566
Bernardo Ferreira Brasileiro Brazil 9 445 0.5× 237 0.5× 197 0.4× 53 0.3× 131 1.6× 23 587
Mehmet Manisalı United Kingdom 13 424 0.5× 191 0.4× 65 0.1× 127 0.7× 74 0.9× 27 554
M. Rasse Austria 14 535 0.6× 357 0.7× 68 0.2× 206 1.1× 39 0.5× 34 720
Bradley Robertson United States 11 529 0.6× 121 0.2× 301 0.7× 90 0.5× 34 0.4× 18 594
Edward Ellis United States 7 515 0.6× 402 0.8× 95 0.2× 149 0.8× 251 3.0× 8 666
Richard H. Haug United States 8 416 0.5× 186 0.4× 249 0.6× 78 0.4× 57 0.7× 11 507
Christian Lindqvist Finland 9 366 0.4× 215 0.4× 44 0.1× 77 0.4× 125 1.5× 9 428
David Koppel United Kingdom 10 294 0.3× 134 0.3× 73 0.2× 82 0.4× 69 0.8× 24 448

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. El-Attar

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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McManners, J., K.F. Moos, & A. El-Attar. (1997). The use of biodegradable fixation in sagittal split and vertical subsigmoid osteotomy of the mandible: a preliminary report. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 35(6). 401–405. 8 indexed citations
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Dutton, Gordon N., et al.. (1992). Ophthalmic consequences of mid-facial trauma. Eye. 6(1). 86–89. 28 indexed citations
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Stassen, Leo F A, et al.. (1991). Diplopia following midfacial fractures. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 29(5). 302–307. 50 indexed citations
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Titterington, D. M., et al.. (1991). Midfacial fractures and the eye: the development of a system for detecting patients at risk of eye injury. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 29(6). 363–367. 31 indexed citations
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Dutton, Gordon N., et al.. (1991). Midfacial fractures and the eye: the development of a system for detecting patients at risk of eye injury-a prospective evaluation. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 29(6). 368–369. 21 indexed citations
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Stassen, Leo F A, K.F. Moos, & A. El-Attar. (1989). A comparison of the use of external pin and transnasal Kirschner wire fixation for the unstable tripod malar fracture: A prospective trial. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 27(2). 99–106. 3 indexed citations
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Ord, R.A. & A. El-Attar. (1987). Osteomyelitis of the mandible in children—Clinical presentations and review of management. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 25(3). 204–217. 12 indexed citations
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Ellis, Edward, K.F. Moos, & A. El-Attar. (1985). Ten years of mandibular fractures: An analysis of 2,137 cases. Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology. 59(2). 120–129. 445 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ellis, Edward, A. El-Attar, & K.F. Moos. (1985). An Analysis of 2,067 cases of zygomatico-orbital fracture. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 43(6). 417–428. 255 indexed citations
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Frost, David E., A. El-Attar, & K.F. Moos. (1983). Evaluation of metacarpal bone plates in the mandibular fracture. British Journal of Oral Surgery. 21(3). 214–221. 27 indexed citations

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